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CSM
I don't think they even teach bayonet anymore. I do know they upped the ante for hand to hand with what they call "Combatives" which is a fancy word for ju-jitsu. My sons are pretty good at it. Still, nothing like cold steel to make somebody think twice....
I was a hand to hand instructor with the M-16A1. Guess I don't have THAT job to fall back on 
Somebody decided back when I was in the 4th Marines to incorporate karate into the hand-to-hand with the rifle. The dumb throws they taught us when I was in boot camp were judo hip tosses and a heel trip. The post-Nam military REALLY sucked. We were still using all their leftover training aids. Everybody was smoking dope and/or drinking. If we HAD gone to war with Iran in 80 ... oh ... wee DID try a rescue ...'nuff said. We weren't ready.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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